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Awards, conferences, and milestones from the lab.

May 2026

Kat earns a College of Education Research Award

Congratulations to Kat Kozakova for receiving the College of Education Graduate Student Research Award for her grant, Estrogen Receptor Expression in Bone!

Kat Kozakova and Elina Satlik presenting at the Interprofessional Health Showcase

April 2026

Kat and Elina present at the Interprofessional Health Showcase

Kat Kozakova (left) and Elina Satlik (right) at the 8th annual Interprofessional Health Showcase at UT Austin, presenting additional data from their upcoming manuscript evaluating the value of estradiol-to-testosterone ratios in predicting bone mineral density in men and women (pre- vs. post-menopausal). Stay tuned for the published version of this paper!

Dr. Little and Kat Kozakova at the Texas ACSM annual meeting in Waco

February 2026

Dr. Little and Kat at Texas ACSM in Waco

Dr. Little (left) and Kat Kozakova (right) at the 2026 Texas Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting in Waco! Kat presented data from her upcoming manuscript evaluating which sex hormone markers effectively predict bone mineral density in men and women (pre- vs. post-menopausal).